The stratigraphy and regional structure of Miocene deposits in western Amazonia (Peru, Colombia and Brazil), with implications for late Neogene landscape evolution

Scripta Geologica

Volumn , Issue 133, 2006, Pages 291-322

  Wesselingh, Frank P ^a,b   Hoorn, M C ^c   Guerrero, J ^d   Räsänen, Matti E ^b   Romero Pittman, L ^e   Salo, J ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^e INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO MINERO Y METALÚRGICO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Miocene; Mollusca; Pebas Formation; Stratigraphy; Western Amazonia

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; FOSSIL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; MOLLUSC; PALYNOLOGY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33845478749     PISSN: 03757587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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